We'd talked on the phone about 3 years ago, about a Web site but a glowing review of his shop had brought him more business than imaginable.



   If you want to pick up a gift for a friend and avoid an ugly chain store then visit:

  I woke up early to a bright, sunny day in the quiet courtyard with the sounds of Ella Fitzgerald coming from a neighbors window.

  What a way to roll into town! After breakfast we went for a little walk around the old neighborhood and happened on a toy store, owned by a nice guy originally from New York, David, who's been helping kids laugh in Paris for the last 10 years.